Fare-register.



J. F. OHMER.

FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE-14, 1909.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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APPLICATION 211.111) UNE 14, 1909.

987,643. Patented Mar.21, 1911.

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FARE REGISTER. APPLIGATION FILED Jun: 14, 19 09; 7 Patented Mar. 21, 1911. a SHEETS8HBBT a.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. OHMEB, 0F DAYTON, OHIO, SSIGNOR T0 OHMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY,

OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

Application filed June 14, 1909. -Seria1 No. 501,929.

panying drawings, and to the letters andfiguies of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new andus'eful.

improvements in fare registers, and comprises more specifically speaking, clock mechanism for actuating the printing wheels which print the time on the record sheetstaken from the machine.

The object of the invention is to provide more accurate means for operating the timeprinting wheels, and thereby avoiding the uncertainties attending the operations of such wheels by hand. i

The present improvements are applied to the devices shown and described in a former patent granted to myself March 2, 1909, No. 914,361. The said patent discloses means for printing separately, a plurality of different denominations of fares collected on a single trip or any number of trips combined, together with the month and the day, the identification number of the operator. the number; of the machine, the number of the trip oritrips, the time, hours and minutes each record is taken, as well as means for printing miscellaneous data, such as the weather conditions, etc. The present invention is substituted as a means for actuating the time-printing wheels from which.

time that each record is printed will appear accurately, and thus the carelessness on the part of the operator in first setting the time by hand, will be overcome or obviated. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a front elevation of a fare register having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2, man enlarged front elevation of the lower portion of the machine, the register casin' as Well as the clock casing, being remover? Fig. 3-, is a sectional view of the lower portion of the machine on the line a a of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a sectional view on the line 'b b of F ig. 2. Fig. '5, is a detail top plan view of the time-printing wheels and clock mechanism. Fig. 6, is a detail view of the ratchet and level mechanism of the time-operating devices. Fig. 7, is a view of a portion of a statement'or record taken .from the machine and showing the data herein before referred to.

In a detail description of m invention, similar reference characters in ic'ate corresponding parts.

On the interior of the casing 1 is a framework 2 located in the base thereof, and at .the right end of which are mounted type wheels 3, 4 and 5 which constitute the dateprinting wheels from which the month and days are printed upon the record. The said type wheels 3, 4 and 5, are provided with gear wheels 6, and they are set by drums 8 through telescopic shafts 7, the gears 6 being upon said telescopic shafts and in mesh with gears on the sides of the type wheels. The type wheel 3 as is clearly shown prints the months; type wheel 4 the day; and type wheel 5 the-division over which the car is run. Fig. 7 the record given by these type wheels 3, 4 and 5. is shown in columns 3 4 and 5' at the lower right side of the statement. The

In the printed statement shown in type wheel 4 in addition to printing the dayon the first impression, is adapted to print the number of the trip. on the previous impressions. To the right of the type wheels 3 4 and 5, is an interchangeable identification key 9 which is insert-ible to a printing position and prints upon the statement or record, to-wit: the first and last impressions,

a mark by which the inspector may be identified, to-wit: INS3 as indicated by 9 on the record or statement, Fig. 7. The intermediate impressions identify the conductor who is provided with an identification key from which is printed 7A which identifies such conductor. 1

To the left of'the type wheel 3 on the frame work 2, is mounted a printing or type wheel 10 which is adapted to print the number of the machine or register, t0-w1t: 125,

as indicated on the record sheet, Fig. 7, by 10'. In addition to the above described mechanism, there is mounted in the framework 2, a plurality of fare counters 11 which are adapted to' print upon the record the columns of figures indicated by 11 which show the different fares registered, such as 30, 50, 10c, Tic., Tra., the latter two indicating tickets and transfers. Adjacent to these detail fare counters, a type wheel 12 is located to print upon' the record theone-sixth of a revolution of the wheel, 15 at the end of every revolution of the unit wheel 13. The wheels 13 and 14 print the minutes of timeup to 60 and repeatthe same operation. Wheel 15 is the hour wheel and has upon 'its periphery twenty-four characters, to-wit: 1 to'24.

pressure of the springs '24.

The numerals 1 to 12 represent the a. m. hours, and the numerals 13 to 24, the p. m. hours. The unit wheel 13 has a ten tooth ratchet 17 and the hour wheel 15 is provided with a 24 tooth ratchet 18, both of said ratchets being engaged by pawls 19 and 20 which'are mounted on minute and hour levers 21 and 22,.respectively. These levers are pivoted at 23 and are controlled by springs 24, see Fig. 5. Y The outer end of lever 21 engages a 60 tooth ratchet 25 on the minute shaft 26 of the clock-27, and the outer end of the hour lever 22 en ages a '12 tooth ratchet 28 on the hour sha t 29 of the clock. The shafts 26 and 29 are driven by well-known clock mechanism (not shown) and the ratchets' 25 and 28 have a continuous movement during which the pawls 19 and 20are elevated against the When the outer ends of the levers 21 and 22 ride off the teeth of the ratchets 25 and 28, the pawls 19 and 20 snap downward, and owing. to their engagement with the ratchets 17 and 18 the type wheels 13- and 15 are rotated to the extent of one digit. It will therefore be seen that the continuous rotary movement of the shafts 26 and 29 is transformed into an intermittent rotary movement of the type wheels 13 and 15, which wheels are therefore always in printmg osition.-

T e various type wheels above described are all mounted in printing alinement above a platen 30 pivoted at 31 to the'side frames 32 in the base of the register. The said platen is elevated by a cam or eccentric 33 to bring the strip of paper 34 against the type wheels. After passing over the platen 30, the paper strip 34 passes through feed rollers '35 by which it is fed forwardly for each impression.

The above-described printing mechanism is fully disclosed in my prior patent hereinbefore-referred to.

I do not wish to limit myself to the specific construction of the time devices, as it will be apparent that some modification may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention, which consists broadly in transmitting movement from continuous rotary shafts to intermittent rotary type wheels by means of ratchets and spring-controlled levers and pawls actuated from clock mechanism.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a machine of the type specified, the combination with clock mechanism including minute and hour shafts 26 and 29, and minute and hour ratchetwheels 25 and 28, of levers 21 and 22 actuated by said ratchet wheels, said levers being pivoted midway of their lengths and having their ends extending at right angles to their planes, springs maintaining said levers in engagement with said ratchet wheels, pawls pivoted to the ends of said levers turned at right angles. minute and hour printing wheels, and ratchet wheels connected to said printing wheels, said ratchet wheels being engaged and actuated by the pawls, substantially as specified.

2. In a machine of the type specified, the combination with clock mechanism including minute and hour shafts 26 and 29, and minute and hour ratchet wheels 25 and 28 driven from said shafts, of minute and hour levers 21 and 22 actuated by said ratchet wheels, springs maintaining said levers in engagement with said ratchet wheels, pawls pivoted to said levers, minute and hour printing wheels, and ratchet wheels connected to said printing wheels, said ratchet wheels being engaged and actuated by thepawls as the latter are actuated from the clock mechanism through the intervening mechanism, substantially as herein shown and'described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. OHMER.

Witnesses:

C. M. THEOBALD, MATTHEW Summit. 

